Show R lE Pr THERE HERE Is always the end of a arondo road rondo of every road Back in 1913 a Notre Dame team came to West WestPoint WestPoint WestPoint Point with a quarterback known as Gus Doral Dorais Dorais and a stocky end remembered remembered remembered re re- re- re as Knute Rockne This combination beat a strong Army team 35 to 13 with Dorais winging the ball to Rockne In a complete rout This game started a series that eventually became more Important than Harvard and 5 Yale Y Yale a ale 1 e and Princeton Califor California nia and Southern California A Arm Army r m y yand and Navy or any team inter-team duel you youcan youcan can think of at the thero I ro k J moment The Notre Army ArmyN t S.- S. Dame me meeting etl n g reached such F. F Leahy heights that a year ago BUT Bur Jones Army's Army's Army's Ar Ar- mys my's graduate manager told me he could easily sell a million tickets at 10 each I think he could In the series of 34 cames Notre games Notre Dame has won 23 times Army 7 1 times with 4 ties Notre Dame was far Car in front until the war came along where for tor example from Irom 1928 I through 1943 19 Notre Dame won 13 games lost 1 and tied 2 I Army had no material and manpower manpower man man- power to match Notre Dame Dame and and Army had no Rockne But most of these games were well-balanced well contests hard and closely fought until Army piled up a terrific margin margin margin mar mar- gin of points in 1944 and 1945 Frank Leahy came back in 1946 1948 to check the Army hurricane with i I an 0 0 0 party largely emphasized by I its extreme dullness where neither I team would take a chance It was I Ithe the dullest game I saw last year Now they have met for the last time in many years at South Bend This II Is the end of ot the road road for for some time How long no one knows It may be a couple of years years years-it It may maybe maybe maybe be forever No Noone one has ever questioned the superior material Notre Dame has known in these 34 years years years-up up to the war Notre Dame has been the capital capital capital capi capi- tal of football In this country country country-al al always ways the team you had to beat beat beat- and always the team you seldom did Usually the team with the better better better bet bet- ter football material and at least adequate coaching more coaching more than adequate adequate adequate ade ade- quate with Knute Rockne and Frank Leahy coaching two of the greatest I might add that Notre Dame also came along with a spirit that Army and Navy might have equalled but equalled-but but never could surpass Notre Dame meant football in this country from the days of Rockne Dorais Gipp the Four Horsemen and too many others to mention here Last Game at South Bend Bene Having been a n close friend of Knute Rockne's and Notre Dame for many years there are certain rebuttals that still might be offered M Many ny letters have come in attacking attacking attacking attack attack- ing Army for dropping Notre Dame Just when Notre Dame was storming storming storm storm- ing back These letters came from Notre Dames Dame's subway alumni not from Notre Dame What this Notre Dame subway alumni and others overlook In hi charging charging charging ing Army with retreating under fire is that from 1932 through 1937 Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pitts Pitts- burgh under Jock Sutherland wrecked Notre Dame In five out of ol six games Im through with Pittsburgh Elmer Layden me We haven't haven got a chance They not only knock our cars back but we are no good the next week weck Im I'm calling off oft the Pittsburgh series Which Notre Dame did I talked this over a few days ago with Sutherland who now coaches the Pittsburgh Jock smiled You couldn't blame Notre Dame he said They only scored d 15 points against us In those six years iSo I ISo ISo So Notre Dame having broken ofT off the Pittsburgh series when Jock was around cant can't consistently charge Army with quitting Notre Dame with Leahy around I have an an Idea that Jock would like nothing better than a joust with Leahy And vice vice versa It would be Interesting to see Leahy and Sutherland with hook I an even shot at material up know both would relish the chance Leahy is a great coach one of the best He also has material that most coaches can only dream about He has much better belter material than Army has has- hasIn In particular he has Johnny Lujack who was once rumored rumored rumored ru ru- mored leaded headed h for West Point Pro vs College Football It is always a pleasure to have an argument with an expert We are referring to Paul Brown who ii is isnow now head coach of Cleveland's powerful powerful powerful pow pow- erful All America All America conference team Pro football he be says soon will dominate football Just as pro baseball took over the old game from the colleges College interest Is slipping badly In such clues cities as Cleveland New York Chicago and Washington the tho pro game I is now supreme The fact Is that college football today today today to to- day In the matter of public interest Is II so 10 far tar ahead of the tho pros there then Isn't even a faint argument i I |